# Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes 154.Part b

Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, Scholia in Olympionicarum carmen VI., Line 154. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-pindarum/scholia-in-pindarum-olympian-odes/154.Part%20b

b. . . . . παρὰ τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις. τινὲς δὲ δύο ἰσοπήχεις καὶ ἰσομήκεις· καὶ τούτων τὴν μίαν διδόασι τῷ ἁρμοστῇ, ὃν ἂν ἐκπέμπωσι πολιτικὴν χρείαν ἔχοντα, τὴν δὲ ἄλλην κατέχουσι· καὶ ὅταν δέῃ ἐπιστέλλειν ἀναγκαῖά τινα, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἄγνωστα εἶναι τὰ ἐπιστελλόμενα τοῖς διακομίζουσιν ἑλίσσουσι παρ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς τὴν σκυτάλην δέρματι λευκῷ καὶ γράφουσι· ἔπειτα λύουσι καὶ διδόασι, μὴ φυλάττοντα τὴν λέξιν τῶν γεγραμμένων παρ᾿ ἑτέρῳ τινι ἢ παρ᾿ ἐκείνῳ, ὃς λαβὼν ἑλίσσει τὴν παρ᾿ ἑαυτῷ ῥάβδον καὶ οὕτως φανερῶν τῇ τάξει γενομένων μὴ νοεῖν τὰ γεγραμμένα.

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Scholia in Pindarum, Scholia in Pindarum Olympian Odes, ed. A. B. Drachmann. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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